C. S. Lewis was absolutely right in Mere Christianity: If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. The Apostles themselves, who set on foot the conversion of the Roman Empire, the great men who built up the Middle Ages, the English Evangelicals who abolished the Slave Trade, all left their mark on Earth, precisely because their minds were occupied with Heaven. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. Col 3:1-4 View the whole article here (its short): clayjones.net/2010/08/let%E2%80%99s-kill-%E2%80%9Cso-heavenly-minded-no-earthly-good%E2%80%9D/
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:54:47 +0000
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